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'Strain driving China surge was found in India before but did not cause spike'
Updated On: 22 December, 2022 06:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Prajakta Kasale
State epidemic in-charge says situation under control as of now, as BMC assures vigilance and monitoring genome sequencing
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Security staff checks the temperature of fliers at the airport. File pic/Ashish Raje
As the Centre asked states to buckle up amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in China, Maharashtra’s epidemic surveillance officer said the dominant Coronavirus strain in the neighbouring nation has not caused any adverse effect despite being around in a couple of states for some time now. The BMC said that genome sequencing is on track, and officials are monitoring the situation.
In view of the surge in COVID cases in other countries, the Central government on Wednesday asked all states and Union Territories that it was essential to send samples of COVID patients for genome sequencing to designated INSACOG Genome Sequencing Laboratories, to track and detect variants.
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